Shingle



1,646,96 Get 25 1927' H. H. HONIQBAUM 3 SHINGLE Filed Oct. 20. 1923 INVENTOR.

Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

UNiTED STATES SHI'NGLE.

Application led October 20, 1923. Serialrlv'l'o. 669,712.

This invention relates to shingles and while the construction is adapted especially to he incorporated in lcomposition shingles, the shingle of this invention may be made of any material and may be constructed as an individual shingle or as a strip shingle or in the ruiming ard".

The object ot the inventionis to provide a simple and economical shingle construction which will simulate the old conventional wooden shingles when laid upon a roof. Most of the compositih'irsshingles, as now constructed, when laid upon a root` lay so fiat as to produce a hlileor flat appearance since the shingles do not stand out in sutliciently bold relic'fwtiA give` the aesthetic appearance so pleasinfr 4in wood sliingled roofs.

The shingle of this invention is so constructed that the shingle elements will stand out in bold relietand thus obviate the flat appearance referred to.

In one ot the practical embodiments ot the invention, it is constructed in strip form, the strip being slit transversely at intervals for a portion of its width and`at thebase of each transverse Aslit a relatively short longitudinal slit is 'formed.` The edges of each transverseV slit are thereupon turned under to provide" transverse openings extending from the weather edge of the shingle strip for an appreciablc'portion of thi` width of the strip, so'that when suchrshingle strips are laid in successive courses, the portions between the successive slits ot each course will simulate wooden shingles while the turned in edges of the. slits will cause the shingle portions to standoutfin hold relief -from the shingle elements of the subjacent course and overcome the tlat appearance. Roofing may be made inthe runningr yard in this manner and individual `shingles may also be constructed in the same way except that insteadot slittingr the shingles transversely short slits parallel to the weather edge are required in the lateral edge `ot each' individual shingle in order that a portion of each lateral edge may be turned under. This turning under operation is aecomplished dui-ing the process of manufacture and in the case of composition shingles and While the material is in a -wariii and plastic condition so that when 'the material cools the turned under portions will maintain their positions.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinatter detailcd description and claim, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits ol the invention.

Figure 1 shows a blank and illustrates the cuts necessary to produce the strip shingle shown in Figure 2;

Figure 2 shows a completed strip shingle made in accordance with this invention; and, Figure shows a modified construction. In making a strip shingle in accordance with this invention, a blank 1 of appropriate length to one half the length of the slits 4.

After the blank has been slit in the manner described the marginal edges of the slits .T2 are folded under or returned upon themselves to form in etlect reinforcing tlanffes 6, the short slits 4 permitting such folding without tearing or disruption of the blank.

At the saine time those portions of the opposite ends of the blank between the slits 5 and the weather edge are turned under to form the reinforcing flanges (in. This operation divides the hlank shown in the drawings longitudinally into tour equal shingle elements, designated 7. 7a. 7*. 7 although it.

`will be understood "that if the hlank were longer, a larger number of shingle elements might be provided or if the blank were shorter a lesser number of elements would result.

The blank from which the shingles are made inay be ot any suitable material but satisfactory results may be obtained when composition roofing` is employed and if the manipulation ot the sliinglepthat is to say,

the bending of the tianges G and 6 is accomplished while the material is warm or hot, itis touiid that when the material cools, the .parts will remain in the condition in! which they were initially placed. I thus find it entirely practical to bend hack the flanges (i and G as shown while the niaterial is hotand then permit it to cool, leavi il ing the parts permanently in 'the relationeilig shown in -`igure 2.

number of strips such as shown in Figure 2 .may be laid end to end to form a particular course on 'a roof and the next course thereupon laid, with the lrespective shingles end to end with the second mentioned course overlapping the shingles of the rst course down to the line 8 in Figure 2 and the shin le elements of the second course staggere with relation to one another. `When so laid, the turned under portion or flanges 6 and Sa will cause the respective shingle elements between the line 8 and the weather edge to stand out substantially twice the thickness of the material of the blank so that the shingles will appear in bold relief in the iinished shingle.

Instead ot making a strip shingle in the manner described, the blank l may be made much longer than lis shown in the dra-wings and may be sold by the running yard or by Cutting the strip shown in Figure 2 transversely op the lines 9, a number o'findividual shingles may be produced and these individual shingles may be applied as indivicluals so that the invention is not restricted `to the strip shingle of four elements as shown in the drawings. 4

l am. further aware that instead of fold@ ing the marginal portionsv 'of the slots back upon themselves to form reentrant portions `l() with parallel edges, they may be folded `back so that the reentrant portions will have diverging edges or partly parallel and partly diverging edges, so as to impart to the shingle elements tapering or semihexagonal .l ofthe shingle and the coniiguratiorr ,mcnts 'in upstanding position with respect to the elements of the subjacent course, but at the same time they serve to reinforce the edges of each reentrant portion 10Qso that the curling of the points of the shingle measles elements at theweather edge is precluded and also flapping of the shingles in the wind as frequently occurs with composition roofing as now constructed is also obviated. The turned under portions therefore not only serve to expedite the manufacture and to impart to the shingle an sthetic appearance, but at the same time they have very important mechanical functions.

In Figure 3 I have shown a modified form of construction of which the present invention is susceptible. In. this construction, slots 2?* extend perpendicular to the Weather edge of the strip to terminal slots 4a extending longitudinally of the strip. Each termi-A nal slot is disposed wholly upon one side of the associated slot .2a so that only 4oneside of the slot 2a is turned under asv shown at' 6 to form the reinforcing and lifting ilange and simultaneously form the reentrant portion 10a.

'Of the two constructions illustrated, however, I recommend the construction ofFig ures 1 and 2 as preferable since the shingle is better structurally and looks better' on a roof.

Aside from the shingle, the present invention alsoconsists in the method of manu- -facturing the shingle.

verse slits to lie beneath the plane of the.

body of the strip whereby the strip is provided along one of its longitudinal edges with shingle projections of increased thiclv ness along their lateral edges, the folded under portions of the strip being concealed by the shingle projections when the shingle is in place on a roof. y

In testimony whereof l have signed the foregoing specification. V

HARRY H. HONIGBAUM. 

